An Oklahoma federal judge on Wednesday tossed a suit seeking to force an auto parts maker to indemnify DaimlerChrysler Corp. in a putative vehicle defect class action that has been stayed by a bankruptcy court, ruling TRW Automotive US LLC’s obligation does not yet exist.

Texas Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Galveston, said Monday that $1.2 billion in payouts by a state insurance pool for Hurricane Ike claims reveal a disturbing relationship between the agency and plaintiffs attorneys that he intends to investigate at an upcoming legislative oversight hearing.

OneBeacon America Insurance Co. and Sparta Insurance Co. on Wednesday sued more than a dozen other insurers they say owe contributions to defense costs for litigation over a contaminated Idaho mine site under policies they issued to the mine’s previous owners.

The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday resurrected a challenge to a Texas law barring the use of the term “workers’ compensation” in connection with business services, finding that the statute may unconstitutionally deny free speech rights to the attorney operating the Texas Workers’ Compensation Law Blog.

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co. accusing it of concealing policies it issued to a company hammered by asbestos injury litigation in order to avoid paying its fair share of coverage.

In a ruling with potential implications for municipal liability in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, a New York federal judge has found the city of Jamestown, N.Y., was not liable for 2009 storm-related flooding damages based on drainage system failures of which it was not aware.

Wholesale sporting goods company Rhinox Inc. brought suit in California state court Tuesday alleging its insurer American Economy Insurance Co. has a duty to cover and indemnify it for $10 million in damages stemming from a judgment against Rhinox in an underlying suit.

A California federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a putative class action accusing Wells Fargo & Co. of receiving kickbacks as part of a scheme to force mortgage borrowers to maintain excessive flood insurance on their homes, but allowed the plaintiffs to amend some of their claims.

A Minnesota federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. from a suit brought by UnitedHealth Group Inc. seeking coverage from its insurers for hundreds of underlying suits over health insurance claims reimbursements, signing off on Liberty and UnitedHealth’s confidential settlement.

Highmark Inc. argued Friday that a proposed class action accusing it of conspiring with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to inflate insurance rates cannot survive because of a 90-year-old U.S. Supreme Court finding that damages cannot be awarded in a dispute over allegedly anti-competitive rates if a regulatory agency already approved those rates.

A California appeals court on Monday upheld a ruling that Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. had no duty to defend a client in a patent and trademark dispute, rejecting another court division's analysis that an insurer with an advertising injury clause in its policy must defend an insured if claims in a complaint imply that the insured disparaged another company.

Property and casualty claims from Hurricane Sandy could cost insurers between $5 billion and $10 billion, according to initial estimates, but attorneys say the damages could rise even higher as power outages and shuttered ports and public transit systems continue to cripple businesses in the wake of the historic storm.

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday shot down a disabled worker’s bid to get around the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision that the cap on benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act should be calculated based on when workers become disabled, not when a compensation order is issued.

A Texas federal judge granted Morgan Stanley's bid Tuesday to stay discovery in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s suit over its sale of $67 million in residential mortgage-backed securities to failed Franklin Bank SSB, finding that a fight over the correct forum should be resolved first.

A pair of The Travelers Cos. Inc. units on Monday failed to escape a Washington suit in which Houston General Insurance Co. seeks contribution to a $6 million settlement over weather and structural damage to property owned by a condominium association.

Travelers Insurance Co. on Monday told an Indiana federal judge that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis Inc. is responsible for $250,000 incurred in its sexual abuse litigation, saying Travelers shouldn’t pay because it never received advance notice of the claims.

A Florida construction company is suing three insurers over their refusal to settle a lawsuit concerning defective stucco installation that resulted in a $7.7 million negligence verdict against the company, according to a suit removed to Florida federal court Monday.

A federal jury on Monday decided in favor of Artemis SA in the California insurance commissioner’s $4.33 billion suit over a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain the assets of failed insurance company Executive Life Insurance Co., finding French magnate Francios Pinault’s holding company not liable for damages.

The National Association of Manufacturers on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling keeping an insurance class action in state court, claiming that the original jurisdiction limitations set by the Class Action Fairness Act do not apply to federal court removal.